Friday, 16 September 2016

Aman vihar, New Delhi: two teens gangraped in front of friends

Twoteenage girls, including a minor, were
allegedly gangraped by five youths in outer Delhi’s Aman Vihar area Wednesday,
said police. The girls, 18 and 17 years old, had gone to a government park in
the area with two friends when the accused targeted them around 6 pm, police
added.

“The girls and their friends (both boys) were chatting when the
accused arrived and misbehaved with the girls. When the boys with them
objected, the accused assaulted and overpowered them.

Then they raped the girls in
front of them,” said a police officer. “The incident happened in an open
agricultural field beside the park,” the officer added. The girls fainted due
to the sexual assault and the five accused fled from the spot, said police.
Their friends called up the police and informed them about the crime, police
added. In the meantime, people from the locality also gathered at the spot.

DCP (outer) Vikramjit Singh
said four youths had been apprehended in the case so far. “Their identities
cannot be disclosed at this point as their ages are being verified,” Singh
added.

Police are scrutinising relevant documents of the four persons
held to establish if they are juveniles. Sources said search is on for another
person allegedly involved in the crime.

Police said based on the statement of the two girls, a case was
registered under relevant sections of the IPC and medical examination confirmed
sexual the assault. Both girls work in a factory, said police.